Henry Curtis Jackson, Jr., was executed by that state of Mississippi. Henry was pronounced dead at 6:13 pm CDT, inside the execution chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi. Henry was 47 years of age. He was executed for the murder of his two nieces, 2-year-old Shunterica Lonnett Jackson and 5-year-old Dominique Devro, and his two nephews, 3-year-old Antonio Terrell Jackson and 2-year-old Andrew Odutola Kuyoro, Jr. The four children were murder in Greenwood, Mississippi at the home of Henry’s sister. Henry’s sister Regina, and his 11-year-old niece Sarah were stabbed but survived their injuries.

As a child, Henry received numerous head injuries from sports and work. As an adult, Henry often helped his mother financially prior to his arrest.